East End, Adelaide

The East End is a part of the Adelaide central business district, in the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre. This area is a popular office and retail district and has an increasing residential interest from the building of high-density luxury apartments in the area.

The eastern end of Rundle Street was the site of Adelaide's original fruit and vegetable wholesale markets. These closed in the 1980s and, after a long and controversial decision making process involving some government money, the Garden East (or East End Astoria[1]) apartment development was built. This was the start of a growing number of prestige apartment buildings in the area.

The East End markets facade, showing two of the many new luxury apartment blocks.